Grab a slice of reality TV – The Biggest Loser house is up for grabs

With the latest series of The Biggest Loser reality show now airing, viewers might like to cast an eye over the house where it all takes place. Think of it as an open inspection preview, because the Duffys Forest property is now for sale for more than $8 million.

Filming has finished up, the production staff and reality TV show contestants are gone and the campaign to sell the Duffys Forest property starts next week.

The European-style chateau has been gussied up in recent weeks ahead of the campaign, with high-end finishes throughout and a floor plan that includes a vast parents’ retreat, four other bedrooms, formal and informal living areas, a study and a separate teen retreat.

As viewers well know, the two-hectare property comes with all the get-fit mod-cons, such as a swimming pool and tennis court.

It is set at the end of a tree-lined driveway and comes with equestrian facilities, including eight insulated stables, five yards, a vet room, truck port, two paddocks and a dressage arena.

Owned by IT industry entrepreneur Phil Woolley, it last traded in 2005 for $6.5 million when sold by the Doyle family, setting a suburb record at the time. It was previously owned by commercial property businessman Robert Christie, who sold it in 2000 for $2.55 million.

The suburb high was since been matched by another acreage property on Booralie Road that was sold by the Johnston family last November for $6.5 million to Jianwei Chan and Shihong Zhang, directors of the freight transport company Ozway.

The Biggest Loser house, as it is unfortunately known, was first listed two years ago, and relisted early last year before it was taken off the market to make way for the reality TV series. Shayne Hutton, of Sydney Country Living, has again been asked to sell the property.